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Postcards from the 48% is a shocking indictment of how democracy can be undermined by those seeking to destroy democracy for their own personal gain by lies, fraud and interference. This film should be mandatory viewing by all our fellow EU citizens to show them that a sizeable proportion of the population, predominantly the young and better educated, did not want to leave the EU and still do not want to leave the EU. This number is growing larger day by day, and is now the majority according to the most recent, reliable polls. But both the U.K. government and the official Opposition Party, are ignoring us. They refuse to reconsider and are denying us a second vote now that the facts are coming to light. This is NOT democracy

As another reviewer says this isn't the most fun you'll have at the cinema, but that isn't the point.

David Wilkinson spent months on the road speaking with various remain voters and hearing their concerns. Some of them add limited value (and I guess are probably there for name recognition), but others really know what they're talking about. I learned a lot.

I was lucky enough to attend a session with a Q&A with the director afterwards. If you have a chance go to those do so, they are fascinating, though I cannot really review the film based upon that.

I would heartily recommend seeing this film as it widens the ongoing debate on one hand and (because it was filmed over a period of time) shows the evolution of the debate. My one criticism is it could have charted the shifting positions better.

The final dedication is moving.

Important to note that this is a film very much told from the point of view of someone who is dismayed about the decision to leave the EU, speaking to other people that are equally dismayed. As an exercise in group therapy, it is very good, and does highlight that there are a lot of very passionate people that strongly believe that the this decision to leave the EU is wrong, and should be reversed if that is at all possible.

It is a fascinating insight into the wide variety of people that form the 48%, and the reasons they have for desiring to remain in the EU. Many of the arguments they make around wanting to stay within the EU were sadly lacking from the main remain campaigns, who chose instead Project Fear, a move that spectacularly backfired. But hearing about the investment that the EU has brought into some of the most impoverished parts of the UK, and hearing about the importance of the EU in preserving peace on our continent, and seeing the passion that the remainers are now showing in fighting this decision is nothing short of inspiring. It is great to finally see the positives reasons for remaining rather than hear about all the bad things that will happen if we leave.

The filmmaker himself appears in the film, and is an engaging, passionate narrator, and he has assembled a fine collection of diverse people to make their cases for remaining in the EU. Some famous people are represented, either in sound bites or interviews, but many of the more compelling segments come from what might be termed ordinary people, many of whom are surrounded by leavers, who make their cases with passion and conviction. He also makes some very important points about the issues around the Irish border that puts into perspective the real risk that bringing back a border there would be very bad thing indeed, not to mention almost impossible to effectively manage.

However, I still believe the film makers missed a trick by not including at least some opposing opinions - it feels a bit like preaching to the choir, when maybe what we really need are passionate, reasonable, persuasive people to speak to, and try to understand, the 52% as well. I appreciate that this was not the film makers intention, but I still felt that I was only getting one side of the story, and as such, it didn't feel wholly complete.

Still, well worth seeking out if you get the change, and motivational for anyone who is passionate about trying to correct what I think is one of the biggest mistakes this country might ever make.

A really good overview of all the impacts if we leave the EU - in the words of a good mix of ordinary people and others with particular expertise. You shouldn't miss it!

This is an important film. It contains all the reasons for abandoning Brexit. Told with clarity and passion by individuals in all the devastated areas of Britain, it should be seen on television. As it is so comprehensive, it is possibly too long, but it is, nonetheless, full of wonderful material for any shorter docs or news magazine programmes to use - over and again. It should be made available to them and to all viewers, especially when the next referendum comes up.

As a 70 year old, I remember the UK _before_ the first referendum which was all about joining the Common Market, NOT about giving up sovereignty as joining a supranational state run by unelected commisars who cannot be removed by popular vote. Even though Ted Heath new that loss of sovereignty. In 1971 the Foreign [and Commonwealth) Office warned in their FCO 30/1048 memo, detailing how the UK would surrender sovereignty if it were to join. This memo was kept secret until 2002.

A lie by omission is still a lie. It was known all that time that we would be expected to become a federal state under EU law. If the people of my generation were given the honest facts, we would never have joined in the first place. We were far more patriotic and mistrusting of the Europeans then than the brainwashed generations of today.

So, when hypocrites like Al Campbell accuse the referendum of being based on lies, keep that in mind (and also that he was the spin doctor for the Iraq war)

This is just a production by and for leftists who _never_ respect democracy if it doesn't go their way.

Whether you voted Remain on 23 June 2016, Leave and now have buyers remorse, or are just dismayed and concerned by the insane course the UK seems to have taken over the last two years and want it to step back from an imminent cliff edge... SEE THIS FILM! An informative, respectful portrayal of a tenacious group of people who became activists after th EU referendum, and refuse to be intimidated by the establishment media or online trolls. Many new and cogent arguments can be found in this film, which neither dumbs the issue down nor is bogged in the dry technical detail (customs etc). Timely and mandatory viewing, which has come along not a moment too soon.

Long moan about not getting their way. Absolutely no balance - completely one-sided. Tragic.

Postcards from the 48% serves as an excellent summary of what has happened since the EU referendum: so much has happened since June 2016 and it's good to be reminded. The film informs our fellow citizens in the other 27 European Union countries that a sizeable number of us did not want to leave, and still do not want to leave the EU. However, where we do go from here?

I am a British citizen who was partly brought up in Germany. I have been studying European Union for two years now.

At first I thought oh I don't need to see this film because I'm pretty familiar with the issues. But I'm glad I did see it. There are so many issues. The man speaking on the peace bridge in Ireland. That brought things home for me.

It would have been better if it had more about the intolerable uncertainty suffered by citizens of other EU countries in the UK. And the same for British in Europe. Some of whom work in the EU's 7 institutions and 33 agencies. As employees of an international organisation. These stories are in the books "In Limbo" and "In Limbo Too".

It would have been good to have heard from ministers of other EU countries. What about the British teachers in the European schools, for the children of the staff working in the EU institutions?

Someone talking about the history of Europe would have been good. Peace in Europe through unity has been a dream since since medieval times. The idea that a force of law is better than a force of arms. That cooperation is better than confrontation. That legal argument is better than armament. That a solidarity between peoples, is greater than any military alliance. The values of non-discrimination, human dignity, democracy, the rule of law.

We used to have the generals in Greece, dictatorship in Spain, dictatorship in Portugal, the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall... Now we have 28 democracies cooperating together. Using a democratic system. With a body of law with 60 years experience behind it. With, uniquely, a key role for elected citizens. Yet every member country is a sovereign nation.

Did the importance of the UK's EU membership for Europe's security get a mention?

Simone Veil, the first president of the European Parliament, who lost most of her family in the Holocaust, yet who never hated those who cost her her family. Antonio Tajani, the current president of the European Parliament, said that her life was a story of "immense courage and the greatest love". It was disappointing that no-one in the film mentioned these things.

I can see the dilemma of the director. So many topics. Only a certain number of minutes. How do you choose? I hope there will be another Postcards film.

One side won the other lost. The losing side having a good old whine about the result, If you Knew nothing about Brexit before your not going to be any the wiser.

At a time when this country stands on the edge of a catastrophe this film is a superb record of the deceit, lies and duplicity that has led us to this position. It is extremely thought provoking, at times emotional but overall a necessary historical record of the looming disaster. It needs to be shown far and wide, particularly at film festivals in Europe and beyond. Well done to the makers of this excellent documentary.

If you ask everyone who supports a football a team, who their favourite team is, what's the answer?! By going around the country asking everyone who voted remain, it seems rather logical you're going to create a rather biased and slanted view.

What's the point in a vote if, when the results come in, those that didn't get the vote they wanted, try and campaign for another vote? Where does it end? And to say people didn't know what they were voting is just another form of this.

Well made slanted documentary. How about the same creators now travel around creating a documentary for the Brexiteers! Then release both documentaries...

A well-put together film and a good record of how people feel about the EU and the UK.

This is incredibly slow and at times a self indulgent film. There is very little of anything that has not been said numerous times since the referendum result. He only briefly looks at some of the major reasons why some people voted to leave when wandering round what appeared to be a deprived area in Stoke-on-Trent. Unfortunately he just ended up patronising the residents saying they voted leave and how this was ironic as they would only be saved by EU money. Contributions from Nick Clegg and Vince Cable was probably a mistake as they are both felt to be untrustworthy politicians by many. I also stayed for the Q and A with Mr Wilkinson where he just continually name dropped and criticised the grammar in emails he had received criticising his work. I definitely felt I had wasted 2 hours

This documentary film is mainly about people - what the European identity means for them, for their peace and prosperity and for their children. They articulate their emotions - positive and negative, and their determination to hold on to the rights and well being that they currently enjoy. I found it moving. It should be aired on TV.

A childish rant masquerading as a real documentary. Remainers only ever consider how Brexit affects THEM and their circumstances. Whenever I wanted to have a sensible polite debate with a remainer I was shocked by how little they knew about the EU. Out of every 5 remainers I talked to about 4 knew nothing about how the EU works. As a grown up reasonable adult I am able to admit that the EU has done SOME good things for the UK and continues to do some good things regarding the planet like forcing tech companies to make laptops and smartphones so you can remove and replace the batteries by yourself instead of sealing them into devices as they do now. However, remainers are unable to admit how incompetent the EU is and how over-reaching its power is. More and more EU members are becoming disillusioned with the EU and are also evaluating their membership. I do not want to see the end of the EU, I just don't want to be a part of the EU as it stands now. I am sure some remainers reading this will be complaining and saying "You're just too stupid to understand!". I understand pefectly well.

A message to our friends in our fellow 27 EU nations - magnifying the voices of the unheard 16 million people who voted to REMAIN in the EU. We get drowned out in so much media, ignored, called 'traitors' or 'enemies of the people' or 'citizens of nowhere' - and the govt talks of the 'will of the people,' as if 52% of people who voted, 37 % of the electorate or 26% of the entire population are somehow a landslide majority. This film reminds everyone that no - everyone didn't vote for brexit - and we are still here, and we won't be silenced. The film has contributions from a wide range of people (all 48%ers - this is our story) explaining why they are still passionately for remain, what the EU means to them - and what leaving threatens to do to them and to the country. Leavers may want to look away when those pesky experts speak, but for those with open minds and hearts the arguments put forward are compelling, grounded in fact, and create a nice balance of common sense and emotion. Definitely watch if you voted remain - it reminds us that Brexit is not a done deal - and there is still time to make a difference and be heard. If you voted leave... maybe give it a watch and see if the problems raised by businesses, for depressed areas of the country who will lose all EU funding, the impact on the NHS, and the problems of the NI border, along with the possibility of the breakup of the UK itself - don't give you pause for thought. If you have the courage of your convictions - you have nothing to fear. But if you were voting for positive change then this documentary may open your eyes. If you are a non-UK EU national - please watch - and remember we don't all want to leave you, and many of us are heartbroken to go. An excellent documentary that carefully explores all the different remain arguments and talks to remainers from all walks of life - and just makes us feel heard. Would definitely recommend that you try to see this film.

I don't expect many leavers to be persuaded by this, but this film stands as a cry of pain from the 16m people who have been thrown under a bus with "£350m a week for the NHS" written on the side. It documents the solid case for staying in the EU, without engaging much with Leaver logic. I thought that might be a problem with the film at the beginning, but in the end it benefits from sticking to this positive, but poignant, manifesto.

Those in the UK who voted to remain in the European Union, and those who wish they'd been permitted to, need a voice. Postcards from the 48% is a moving account of those who love Britain and who are working in small ways and in more public ways to continue to be part of team Europe. Recommended viewing for all.

Brexit has divided the UK with the 48% (who voted) Remain being told to keep quiet and follow "the will of the people". Thanks David for producing a documentary that reflects the views of many UK and expat citizens. Please can we have this available (with subtitles) for the rest of the EU?

I saw the screening of this documentary in Chester and found it quite remarkable. I was surprised to read a review by someone called Janhanlon that gave it one star. He refers to the director as patronising towards leavers in Stoke. I find this a surprising statement, as surely it's the elite brexiters who've been patronising, promising working people they'd be better off outside the EU - when in fact that was a blatant lie - and now they are suffering the consequences. Surely it's a film-maker's job to point out the irony - in a city voting to leave a club that actually makes them better off. The old adage turkeys voting for Christmas springs to mind. The whole point of this documentary is to record how the brexit tragedy has unfolded, and give a voice to those who tried to stop it as part of the Remain movement. As an Our Future Our Choice t-shirt says, 'Those who have to live with brexit don't want to.' These are real people in the film who have been campaigning tirelessly to save this country from economic and social suicide. This insightful film will stand as a testimony of a country's unfolding madness, this monument of stupidity called brexit - and the voice of reason trying to make us see sense. It's also worth noting that no one else has made a documentary on this subject - no director wanted to touch it, fearing the repercussions and unable to get mainstream funding. I commend Mr Wilkinson for his bravery in the face of such McCarthy style hysteria for the 'will of the people' - in a referendum based on lies, deception and cheating on an epic scale. Thank you for your courage and truth. Future generations will thank you for recording what happened, when big directors stayed silent. The Remain movement made this film possible, mainly working for free and providing first hand knowledge. Now this grassroots movement is taking on the brexit establishment, and they won't stop until there is a People's Vote and brexit is defeated.

Wonderfully quirky, thought provoking and tear jerking in equal amounts as it lays out just how this idiocy has hurt our country and created huge gulfs in our society. 2 years on and its still ripping us apart and still no closer to getting over the outright lies that led to this self harm.

Needs to hit the wider audience sooner rather than later to show people the true story of Brexit.

This film is an epic documentary that exposes the truth behind the 2016 Brexit referendum. More importantly it paves the way forward for people who remain undecided about whether Brexit is a good idea.

The film looks at the underlying socio economic and cultural reasons that drove the decision and asks Leave voters and Remainers alike to consider "is Brexit worth it".

Featuring interviews spanning the heady heights of the apex of the Remain movement right down to ground floor activism.

A telling moment of the EU's involvement is when they built a bridge across a river in a town in Ireland divided by what was euphemistically called "the troubles". We need more bridges and not walls to co-exist in a global village. Brexit is a mistake, driven by the votes of people who rightly felt left behind but who wrongly pointed the finger of blame towards Europe when the real culprits were much closer to hand.

Watch the film. Organise an event in your town to show it. Talk about it. Never give up.

We are truly a disunited kingdom now, labelled as either leaver or remainer and entrenched in our view of Brexit. It won't end well - no-one satisfied, the right wing press blaming the EU for the many problems ahead and politicians driven to the extremes. This film does an excellent job of reminding us how we got there - perhaps there will be a sequel? "48% - you were right all along"?